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Leila Goetz

August 27, 1935 — October 5, 2015

Leila C. Goetz, 80, of Plantation Key, FL, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015, at Plantation Key Rehab Center, after a short struggle with cancer.  She was born on August 27, 1935 in South India.  She is preceded in death by her parents Patrick F. Roberts and mother Beryl “Rose” Roberts, and brother William P.F. Roberts (sister-in-law Angela of Plantation Key, FL).

She is survived by her husband of 48 years, William A. Goetz of Islamorada, FL, who she met in Calcutta, India, where he was deployed by the U.S. Marine Corps.  She completed her college education in South India and worked as a flight attendant for Indian Airlines.  After returning to the U.S., they settled in the Keys in 1968, where she worked for H.S. McKenzie and Co. and later Monroe County Social Services.  She was an avid square dancer, seamstress and enjoyed baking pies and cakes which she shared with family and friends.  She is also survived by brother Patrick E. Roberts (wife Holly) of New York, and numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be a Memorial Mass at San Pedro Catholic Church, Tavernier, FL, on Friday, October 16, at 2 pm.


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